In addition to the younger generations of kids wanting to play sports yet turning away from golf, there exist other barriers. The New York Times describes golf in a positive light with it being cheap and easy to go play on a course. Golf is for everyone that wants to play the game, and the average price to play on a course is only $40, including a cart (Pennington). This article, however has a bias perspective. Golf Property Analysts takes a better stance to the observation that younger generations do not desire to go out and play golf. The game takes too much time, costs too much money, and is too difficult to play (Hirsh). The first article is less trustworthy than the second because of the fact that the second article is able to take the
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In contrast, other sports that might give you the same exercise take less time to play and are also easier to play. A basketball game might take a quick thirty minutes. A soccer match would take the same time. And these two are easier to play with the only necessities being a ball and hoop or net, which are both easily accessible at a local park. Why would a kid make the extra effort to travel to a golf course, go through the checklist of everything he needs to do before he gets to hit a ball, and then spend an insufferable amount of time trying to keep up with trivial rules? The kid would rather shoot hoops. Adding onto this point, golf is truly expensive. It is not an affordable game for everyone that wants to play and people that believe otherwise are either unaware of others, or completely misled by costs. A good golfer requires a good set of clubs, which by themselves might cost around three hundred dollars, clothes that are appropriate to play on the course, and green fares of perhaps thirty dollars to play once a week …show more content…
The recruitment of younger golfers was a problem in the past, just as it is now, and this is why we are still currently facing racism in the sport. There is no one to begin the conversation and begin the movements that are required for golf culture to change. In the face of this crisis, Jim Rome has the potential to emerge as a prophetic figure for golf and spark the
In contrast, other sports that might give you the same exercise take less time to play and are also easier to play. A basketball game might take a quick thirty minutes. A soccer match would take the same time. And these two are easier to play with the only necessities being a ball and hoop or net, which are both easily accessible at a local park. Why would a kid make the extra effort to travel to a golf course, go through the checklist of everything he needs to do before he gets to hit a ball, and then spend an insufferable amount of time trying to keep up with trivial rules? The kid would rather shoot hoops. Adding onto this point, golf is truly expensive. It is not an affordable game for everyone that wants to play and people that believe otherwise are either unaware of others, or completely misled by costs. A good golfer requires a good set of clubs, which by themselves might cost around three hundred dollars, clothes that are appropriate to play on the course, and green fares of perhaps thirty dollars to play once a week …show more content…
The recruitment of younger golfers was a problem in the past, just as it is now, and this is why we are still currently facing racism in the sport. There is no one to begin the conversation and begin the movements that are required for golf culture to change. In the face of this crisis, Jim Rome has the potential to emerge as a prophetic figure for golf and spark the